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this is one reason to be very bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing also is texas and california are the two highest immigration states. one of the interesting things is that texas does a much, much better job in my opinion of economically assimilate in immigrants so that they are successful. telephone is much more of a welfare state. it in dr. mays immigrants into the welfare system at a much higher pace than texas does. people come to texas in my opinion for jobs. people go to california for welfare. so you're saying i think the different economic outcomes as a result of this. texas is the mall the other states should be emulating. >> the immigration discussion continues at seven eastern at c-span panel. we will take a phone calls, and you can also join the conversation on facebook and twitter. c-span town hall is live at seven eastern. each night while congress is on recess we are showing encore presentations of human agency spent too. today, former carson bob ney, the ohio republican spent a year in federal prison after plead
this is one reason to be very bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing also is texas and california are the two highest immigration states. one of the interesting things is that texas does a much, much better job in my opinion of economically assimilate in immigrants so that they are successful. telephone is much more of a welfare state. it in dr. mays immigrants into the welfare system at a much higher pace than texas does. people come to texas in my opinion for jobs. people go to...
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texas, this is the supposition, but texas has that kind of free enterprise mentality that some of these states like california don't. .. and it's really an amazing phenomenon, they've got taken over those occupations. past events and job placement? probably. used to be whites and blacks that have those jobs. now they're going to eastern europeans. when you look, there was a "washington post" a big story on this, they were saying -- they interviewed a lot of these people which most of them were very new immigrants. some had just arrived. i just thought it was fascinating, the attitude of these immigrants. several of them told this reporter the great thing about america is there's all these jobs. that's not something americans think, like there's all these jobs. the other thing on these immigrants said was, the other great thing about america is that if you work hard you can get ahead in this country. >> i was here in texas a month or two ago, and it was a small business, just one little taxi come and the driver was an immigrant. i asked him about his experience when he came to america. h
texas, this is the supposition, but texas has that kind of free enterprise mentality that some of these states like california don't. .. and it's really an amazing phenomenon, they've got taken over those occupations. past events and job placement? probably. used to be whites and blacks that have those jobs. now they're going to eastern europeans. when you look, there was a "washington post" a big story on this, they were saying -- they interviewed a lot of these people which most of...
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a professor from the university of texas in austin showed was a thousand dollars worth of equipment that he and his students to work on to hack into a drone and then there is the cost in terms of anti-american sentiment. it is a real cost. if you look at pakistan, three out of four pakistanis in the poll say they consider the united states an enemy and when the prime minister was asked why so many take this as way in the united states and she had an answer, which is drones. it is part of a u.s. base but they were using in the cost of that has been over a billion dollars and that should be considered a cost as well. there are all kinds of ways to look at the cost. then i would say that one way is perhaps the biggest cost of all, not at the cost of not searching for nonmilitary alternatives. here we have on one hand the boots on the ground, where u.s. soldiers get killed. then you have the alternative. that is the drones. now cyberwarfare and special operations as well. those keep us looking at the third alternative, which is diplomacy. which is nonviolence and resolution of conflict, whic
a professor from the university of texas in austin showed was a thousand dollars worth of equipment that he and his students to work on to hack into a drone and then there is the cost in terms of anti-american sentiment. it is a real cost. if you look at pakistan, three out of four pakistanis in the poll say they consider the united states an enemy and when the prime minister was asked why so many take this as way in the united states and she had an answer, which is drones. it is part of a u.s....
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some states like texas set very severe caps. they haven't seen lower trend lines because they set the cap. it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine. it's true the tort system doesn't work. it's true we need changes. it's all true. it won't fix the terrorist trends. they because of it's because of a rationality in the system. it's because of delivering too many of the wrong kinds of social security. yo lot of ama's answer to this and physician's answer is tort reform. you can say, you know, yes, you are right the tort system needs to be fixed. it's not the answer to the cost trends. >> thank you, doctor. that was incredibly interesting. [applause] i want to ask our executive director to give us an update on the association and assistanting state to control health costs while maintaining quality. >> thank you we're trying to emulate what jeff it doing. we have an agreement with jeff trying to utilize his technique. we have awarded seven states project to see if we can take some of the technique jeff and his co
some states like texas set very severe caps. they haven't seen lower trend lines because they set the cap. it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine. it's true the tort system doesn't work. it's true we need changes. it's all true. it won't fix the terrorist trends. they because of it's because of a rationality in the system. it's because of delivering too many of the wrong kinds of social security. yo lot of ama's answer to this and physician's answer is tort reform. you...
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william henry harrison also said he was willing to an ex texas of the southerners wanted to add to the union as a slave state and then he promptly died. officially the cause of death was pneumonia but others thought arsenic was to blame but nine years later president taylor was killed by the same poison in when president-elect james buchanan merely survived one of the most elaborate assassination plots ever conceived. february 23rd, 1857, seven agents point all the bulls of the world sugar at the hotel he said seveners drink coffee so they would be scared in the northern diners would be wiped out including buchanan. he very -- pretty survived. intimidated buchanan wrote more than ever the tool of the slave power. there is little evidence the you could make a case in more than what was killed him. when the body was exhumed in 1991 buchanan was not even present on february 23rd but dysentery did break out and buchanan stayed there one month early when he returned for his inauguration. today it is attributed to this to wage back up but at the time several stories circulated claiming poiso
william henry harrison also said he was willing to an ex texas of the southerners wanted to add to the union as a slave state and then he promptly died. officially the cause of death was pneumonia but others thought arsenic was to blame but nine years later president taylor was killed by the same poison in when president-elect james buchanan merely survived one of the most elaborate assassination plots ever conceived. february 23rd, 1857, seven agents point all the bulls of the world sugar at...
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>> so we have a perfect study in which 50 states you could track health costs, and some states like texas have set very severe caps. and they have not seen lower trend lines because they set the caps. so it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine, it's true that we need changes. that's all true. it won't fix the cost trends. the cost trends are because of unnecessary capacity, it's because of irrationality in the system, it's because of, you know, delivering too much of the wrong kinds of services. so, you know, you have lots of -- you know, the ama's answer to this and physicians' answer to this is always tort reform. and you can say, you know, yes, you're right, the tort system need to be fixed, but that's not the answer to the cost trends. >> well, thank you, dr. brenner. that was incredibly interesting. [applause] >> thank you so much. ms. . [applause] >> that, i want to ask dan, our nga executive director, to give us an update of the work on the association in assisting states to control health costs while maintaining quality. >> thank you. you probably won't be su
>> so we have a perfect study in which 50 states you could track health costs, and some states like texas have set very severe caps. and they have not seen lower trend lines because they set the caps. so it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine, it's true that we need changes. that's all true. it won't fix the cost trends. the cost trends are because of unnecessary capacity, it's because of irrationality in the system, it's because of, you know, delivering too much of...
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texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize marijuana. there's not a single member of the senate who is -- you can describe in any way as promarijuana or having, you know, proposed any kind of, like, you know, even medical marijuana legislation. >> host: ryan next, huntington station, new york. good morning. >> caller: good morning. so far he talking about the economic upsides of legalization, but i'm afraid of the possible economic down side wide spread legalization and that as it becomes more legal, it's going deprive revenue and labor from good american corporations like the -- constructions -- correc
texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize...
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as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've grown a lot faster. we've grown at least 4% about a third of the years over the past 60 years. we also know that 4% growth is possible because in states like it's where we are today, they grow at 4% or even more. texas grew, i believe, at 4.8% in the last calendar year, that's the latest data. if you compare that to the u.s. growth which i said, again, is between 2-2.5%, so we know we can do better, and we know there are lessons out will in america that can show us how we can do better. we're here today to talk about immigration as well in addition to growth. and as the ambassador said, we kn
as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've...
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do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping photograph of you. your conception of privacy change based on where you're at. i think the people in somewhere, utah. want to subject themselves to per pervasive surveillance it's their right to choose to do that. if massachusetts wants to ban unmanned systems let them do it. things will work themselves out. as an industry, you can develop and sell to the places that want to buy your product and the places that want to let the hikers die in the mountains. they'll die in the mountain until they realize it's a bit overprotective. if you have a one-size-fits-all privacy bill i don't think you're going result. especially when you look at the type of bill that are working the way through the congress right now. the best way to go on it is let it crop up and see what type of good idea crop up in the state. that's the best way for it to develop. not in d.c. we like to see good, strong, privacy legislation. >> that would be ou
do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping photograph of you. your conception of privacy change based on where you're at. i think the people in somewhere, utah. want to subject themselves to per pervasive surveillance it's their right to choose to do that. if massachusetts wants to ban unmanned systems let them do it. things will work themselves out. as an industry, you can develop and sell to the places that want to buy your...
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if i could use the analogy, i played football at southeast texas. it's almost like we had a team of football players running around on the field with no coach and what 9/11 not only the kind -- commission did find was because we didn't have agencies on the home team we needed a quarterback and that is what the whole world with the department of homeland security is, to bring together all the different agencies that have equities in defending the homeland into one team in under one coach. i think the size of the organization candidly should be shocking. all of us taking every one of those pieces that were there already and bringing them in for better coordination. >> host: gatesvilgatesvil le texas independent line with chad sweet ceo in co-founder of the chertoff group that formerly with the department of homeland security and the cia. >> caller: we always made -- the problem is you all stopped making one or two things that you are taking and putting the whole country -- you keep referring to people going through an intersection with a stop sign. [i
if i could use the analogy, i played football at southeast texas. it's almost like we had a team of football players running around on the field with no coach and what 9/11 not only the kind -- commission did find was because we didn't have agencies on the home team we needed a quarterback and that is what the whole world with the department of homeland security is, to bring together all the different agencies that have equities in defending the homeland into one team in under one coach. i...
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i returned to the university of texas where i got my ph.d. in philosophy and went to the jobs bulletin board in the ole thing up there was a notice from the department of labor about minimum wage and what you're entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. so i saw student walked by and kelly is a philosophy student so i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? he said fine. i got made ph.d. here. he said how's that working out for you? i said fine, that i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue. that's tradition. i hope it is. anyway we talk a lot about s.t.e.m. jobs he could spare the jobs it seems that are very much worth it and they of course have studied is quite worth it. we based some of the conclusions we came up with in the book on the return on investment on a pay scale from the year 2012 to 2013 the numbers are out too and this has shown that this pattern continues. the top 10 institutions in terms of giving you a return on investment are all technical institutions are institutions
i returned to the university of texas where i got my ph.d. in philosophy and went to the jobs bulletin board in the ole thing up there was a notice from the department of labor about minimum wage and what you're entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. so i saw student walked by and kelly is a philosophy student so i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? he said fine. i got made ph.d. here. he said how's that working out for you? i said fine, that i have...
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they went to florida, they went to texas. they went to the nationals who don't do that stuff. we passed the law in the cayman to your district from a southern part of it all the way up to guthrie. i mean, it just hit oklahoma july 1. you're going to have to travel and then you're going to have to have a supplier. >> the state law? >> of federal law iraq okay. >> medicare.gov is a supplier. in other words, the one gentleman says that this happens. there are four local suppliers that got a contract and all the rest of these. so they access the wheelchairs and walkers and whatever else has drastically changed. the law says that wal-mart out of contract and they bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that's going to happen, i do not. >> skepticism is a good thing. the gentleman right here? >> when it comes to sequestration, a lot of us are asking about more than his and more of that. i was really proud to take a job at an air force base this year. all of a sudden you're telling me that my time is not worthwhile. >> my dad worked 20 years, my
they went to florida, they went to texas. they went to the nationals who don't do that stuff. we passed the law in the cayman to your district from a southern part of it all the way up to guthrie. i mean, it just hit oklahoma july 1. you're going to have to travel and then you're going to have to have a supplier. >> the state law? >> of federal law iraq okay. >> medicare.gov is a supplier. in other words, the one gentleman says that this happens. there are four local suppliers...
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april 17, 2013 explosion at the west texas plant at west texas was most likely not the result of terrorist activity or foul play. therefore the anti-terrorism standards, the program was not directly implicated. but the tragic incident revealed a disturbing fact about this program itself. there are thousands of facilities that handle these high-risk chemical was that have gone under the radar at the department of homeland security. i am grateful that mr. caldwell is here and i know that the gao has looked at this particular issue among others and just in the words of his report the preliminary findings of the investigation show that the explosion killed at least 14 people and injured more than 200 others. severely damaged or destroyed nearly 200 homes and three nearby schools and the nursing home and an apartment complex. according to the chemical safety board, the fire at the facility detonated about 30 tons of ammonium nitrate as of july 2013. the cause of the fire had not been determined. i think what that states clearly is the real-life ramifications of the inability identify where the
april 17, 2013 explosion at the west texas plant at west texas was most likely not the result of terrorist activity or foul play. therefore the anti-terrorism standards, the program was not directly implicated. but the tragic incident revealed a disturbing fact about this program itself. there are thousands of facilities that handle these high-risk chemical was that have gone under the radar at the department of homeland security. i am grateful that mr. caldwell is here and i know that the gao...
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the recently documented case in dallas they rated a pattern of saturn wars consider quÉbec team texas law. instead of bureaucrats who say to change your doing this, they send us what team to scare everyone. we now see s.w.a.t raid. i read about this in the nicest part of virginia. it was done under alcohol inspection. i said someone along and this was actually a drug investigation, but they didn't have enough evidence to get a search warrant for the sunset debris that somebody from the regulatory agency evinces and alcohol spec should even that they are prepared to s.w.a.t team to enforce it. the guy who owned the bar brought a federal lawsuit in federal court of appeals said there's nothing that reasonable about running a s.w.a.t team to enforce regulatory the college is also terrified. and within the outcome of florida, the police suspected drug activity going on a barber shops. they didn't have enough evidence to get a search warrant on the civic audit state occupational licensing board who sent an inspector industry licensure inspections to make sure propers were properly licensed
the recently documented case in dallas they rated a pattern of saturn wars consider quÉbec team texas law. instead of bureaucrats who say to change your doing this, they send us what team to scare everyone. we now see s.w.a.t raid. i read about this in the nicest part of virginia. it was done under alcohol inspection. i said someone along and this was actually a drug investigation, but they didn't have enough evidence to get a search warrant for the sunset debris that somebody from the...
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he kept it alive, then they hired a texas democrat. nixon hired him to replace archibald cox. in the end, he would be even tougher on richard nixon than archibald cox was. >> host: banks worked for him? >> guest: yes. she stayed. right through as did the rest of the team. >> host: how long were your interviews, usually? >> guest: most about two hours. sometimes they were longer sometimes shorter. the shortest was with busy senator kerry. i asked him about vietnam and his work in the american veteran's. that was 23 minute. the longest l of -- couple of sessions and ray price. that was about six hours. >> host: what he is doing now? >> guest: henry kissinger said no. i was moderating a panel with him in college, and we were in the green room, which wasn't green. green rooms are rarely green. beforehand and i was trying to be fair to him. i let him know what i was going ask him. went on stage and he didn't answer any of them. and after wards he turned to me and said didn't answer any of your questions. you tried hard. he made it clear to me as we chatted he was never doing a vide
he kept it alive, then they hired a texas democrat. nixon hired him to replace archibald cox. in the end, he would be even tougher on richard nixon than archibald cox was. >> host: banks worked for him? >> guest: yes. she stayed. right through as did the rest of the team. >> host: how long were your interviews, usually? >> guest: most about two hours. sometimes they were longer sometimes shorter. the shortest was with busy senator kerry. i asked him about vietnam and his...
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senator lieutenant governor, usually the most powerful office in texas? >> i can say with absolute certainty i will run for one of two offices, either my state senate seat for the governor. [applause] >> one more question on these lines. would you consider running as vp candidate with hillary clinton? [laughter] [applause] >> in answer to that, i would say we will have to find out whether hillary is planning to run for president first. >> texas state senator, wendy davis, also addressed the political climate in texas, education funding and women's health care. see her entire remarks at the national press club at the standout work. >> new jersey voters go to the polls a week from tomorrow to pick a democratic candidate for the late senator frank lab berkeley b.c. c-span will have live coverage at 7:30 eastern tonight's candidate debate. newark mayor cory booker faces rush holt, state assembly member sheila oliver and congressman frank. >> i've been pushing for this in a senate that would remove cybersecurity legislation. it's big, complicated, but it means
senator lieutenant governor, usually the most powerful office in texas? >> i can say with absolute certainty i will run for one of two offices, either my state senate seat for the governor. [applause] >> one more question on these lines. would you consider running as vp candidate with hillary clinton? [laughter] [applause] >> in answer to that, i would say we will have to find out whether hillary is planning to run for president first. >> texas state senator, wendy...
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we began by talking about texas, and why is it that texas does so well? i think a lot of conferences that amity has done we have looked at success. why does a certain country glow why does a certain state grow? and we look at the reason for it. clearly immigration is a major reason for the success of texas and why is that? well, texas works. it's the kind of culture that immigrants are drawn to. both, you know, the tax system, the ease of starting a business. and the fact it's a welcoming culture to immigrants. i think that's so important that president bush talked about that this morning during the naturalization event. second panel about the importance of naturalization itself in lifting the incomes of people who become naturalized and helping america in general economically. and finally the wonderful panel about sf and, you know, this is part of an economic an economic program but how do we quantify the contribution of miguel and the castro brothers and dr. james the lives he saved from cancer. i don't think that's reported in the gd, but this is an en
we began by talking about texas, and why is it that texas does so well? i think a lot of conferences that amity has done we have looked at success. why does a certain country glow why does a certain state grow? and we look at the reason for it. clearly immigration is a major reason for the success of texas and why is that? well, texas works. it's the kind of culture that immigrants are drawn to. both, you know, the tax system, the ease of starting a business. and the fact it's a welcoming...
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so this is a robe to be bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing is texas and california are the two highest immigration states and one of the interesting things is that texas does a much, much better job in my opinion of economically assimilating immigrants so they're successful here. california is much more of a welfare state. it indoctrinates immigrants into the welfare system bet more than texas. people come to texas for jobs, people to california for welfare. so you're seeing the differing economic outcomes. texas is the model that other states should be emulating. >> you have to kind of use the subtle back channels, and women were a good conduit, and so people -- spread their gossip to ask for favors and she doesn't always -- she knows she can't trust these people. she is not naive, and a lot of them are spreading false gossip or false information, they're misleading, have their own agenda and she is aware of the political games going on. >> the encore presentation of first ladies continues tonight. >> remarks by the dir
so this is a robe to be bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing is texas and california are the two highest immigration states and one of the interesting things is that texas does a much, much better job in my opinion of economically assimilating immigrants so they're successful here. california is much more of a welfare state. it indoctrinates immigrants into the welfare system bet more than texas. people come to texas for jobs, people to california for welfare. so you're seeing...
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you might as well have kept me hitched to the plantations of east texas. she wanted a home, nothing fancy in a civilized city in fresno or bakersfield would do. but willie patterson and her husband kept pounding nails and boards onto that crooked hut in the middle of horned toad country and the black people kept trickling from oklahoma and arkansas and texas and louisiana. they had come looking for a place with the cotton grew a little taller in the white folks have been raised that the little nicer. they found the taller cotton. i'm not sure they sound away folks any nicer. >> the black okies thought coming wednesday with the behind the racism. the sun did shine a little bit more benignly here. but i remember a number of them telling me it was even a more cruel kind of racism. a smile on the face with a dagger behind the back is how they describe california. they were not allowed to live in any of the cities, not even the small towns. and so the only land available for them with these patches of alkali land. literally, right upon the land you look at it.
you might as well have kept me hitched to the plantations of east texas. she wanted a home, nothing fancy in a civilized city in fresno or bakersfield would do. but willie patterson and her husband kept pounding nails and boards onto that crooked hut in the middle of horned toad country and the black people kept trickling from oklahoma and arkansas and texas and louisiana. they had come looking for a place with the cotton grew a little taller in the white folks have been raised that the little...
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i return to the university of texas -- texas. i went to the jobs bulletin board and the only thing was that there was a notice about minimum wage and what you are entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. i saw a student walked by and he could tell he was a philosophy student because i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? i got my ph.d. here. he said how is that working out for you? i said fine, i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue in a certain tradition. i said i hope it is. anyway we talk a lot about stimac jobs in the book because they are the jobs it seems are very much worth it that they're the course of study at least at the present is quite worth it. we based some of the conclusions we came up with in the book on the return on investment findings in the pay scale from the year 2012 to 2013 numbers that are out to math. this has shown that this pattern continues. the top 10 institutions in terms of giving you a return on investment are all technical institutions
i return to the university of texas -- texas. i went to the jobs bulletin board and the only thing was that there was a notice about minimum wage and what you are entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. i saw a student walked by and he could tell he was a philosophy student because i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? i got my ph.d. here. he said how is that working out for you? i said fine, i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue...
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. >> host: in corpus christi, texas, you are on booktv with dr. randall one. >> caller: was an honor to address you this morning. what i wanted to comment on was regarding your earlier comments, of your counselor's tried to redirect in the medical field. i understand where you are coming from because when i was attending power jarvis told the same chain and my daughter was told the same thing by her high school counselor when my daughter mentioned she wanted to attend the university...
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they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena, whose mayor indicated, before the unconstitutional ruling, that he had a plan. he didn't like single-member districts which give access to many of emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to the at-large. the said now i can do it, because there is no permission i need get. there are many things, "stand your ground" laws, and an article in the edmund paper in oklahoma said the bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. i have a bill that wants to review the "stand your ground" law. i believe we can engauge. i believe there are good people, al
they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of...
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he is a professor of middle east studies and history at t the university in texas, and he's been going to syria for, i believe, 23 years? >> what's 1989? 2323 -- twenty-three years, yes. >> the reason i'm excited to have him talk to us tonight, unlike a lot of people who have lots of opinions about syria, david got to know bashar al-assad, which is unique, and after his father died, and now discovered that not to be the case, and there's another book called # "the fall of the house of assad" trying to fill us in. we'll talk about that tonight, and my first question is going to be simply, when did you first meet assad, and what were your impressions of him? >> i first met president assad in 2004. i wanted to interview him because he was the a-typical middle east dictator. he was a libsed ophthalmologist, not groomed to be president, and he was only brought back into the political apparatus when his older brother died in a car? 1994. he was in london getting an advanced degree in on the molg, and he was brought back and raised in the state apparatus until he became president when his fat
he is a professor of middle east studies and history at t the university in texas, and he's been going to syria for, i believe, 23 years? >> what's 1989? 2323 -- twenty-three years, yes. >> the reason i'm excited to have him talk to us tonight, unlike a lot of people who have lots of opinions about syria, david got to know bashar al-assad, which is unique, and after his father died, and now discovered that not to be the case, and there's another book called # "the fall of the...
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you'd have to go not border lands of texas or appalachia to find the poverty that we have here, and that really is a function of the kind of agriculture we have. we have big industrial agriculture that concentrated wealth in a few hands, and that depends on a constant supply of cheap labor, and for most of the century, that cheap labor's come from south of the border, and farmers here are reaching deeper and deeper into the rural pes cant heart of mexico to bring out the labor, but there's been problems with that flow now and again, and that's why the farmers have reached to other people. seeks came here to pick, chinese, japanese, mong, all the small farmers, and then the black oakees at some point and whites were brought from the south and southwest to come here and pick the crops. some of them moved up the economic ladder, became tractor drivers, truck drivers, business owners, that's happened with the white oakees. happened with latinos, some of them. the black oakees, though, had to leave this place to find economic prosperity, and the original family members who came here, the old
you'd have to go not border lands of texas or appalachia to find the poverty that we have here, and that really is a function of the kind of agriculture we have. we have big industrial agriculture that concentrated wealth in a few hands, and that depends on a constant supply of cheap labor, and for most of the century, that cheap labor's come from south of the border, and farmers here are reaching deeper and deeper into the rural pes cant heart of mexico to bring out the labor, but there's been...
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look at the famous presidential daily briefing to george bush in crawford, texas. one month before 9/11. what does it say? that was intelligence that was important enough to share with the president of the united states two years later. that was gotten by gregory scarpa, jr. for the fbi. linda and scarpa at that point in 1996 it was a huge problem in the southern district of new york and broob lynn. remember i told you about the colombo war. fourteen guys and the guy shot through the glass in the window. hank? well, they are now 75 cases percolating through the court in the colombo war. these are all the wise guys. in the original cases nobody knew that carr pa had a secret relationship with the bureau. the defense attorney never knew. linda was testifying as an experience. nobody had an idea he was in a quote holy alliance. that's what they call the material. so you a right as a criminal defendant whether you're in the mob or not. they freaking out. a memo was sent in '96. they start doing in march of '96. here a memo in 1996. the new york office who became -- and
look at the famous presidential daily briefing to george bush in crawford, texas. one month before 9/11. what does it say? that was intelligence that was important enough to share with the president of the united states two years later. that was gotten by gregory scarpa, jr. for the fbi. linda and scarpa at that point in 1996 it was a huge problem in the southern district of new york and broob lynn. remember i told you about the colombo war. fourteen guys and the guy shot through the glass in...
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and i'm proud to say she is in her junior year at the university of texas and just completed 15 hours very successfully. my question to you is, what can you tell the counselors out there that are listening, the ones in high school counselors, the college counselors? what can you do, tell them to change their rationale, the way of thinking in treeing students, and i hope also to say that i hope we get to see you down here at the texas book fair. hopefully later on this year. it's an honor. thank you. >> host: javier, beautiful we let you go, what do you do for a living? >> i am a physical education coach. >> host: thank you very much. >> guest: okay. first of all. i do want to say that community colleges serve a very important purpose in our society. they're great. but as far as counselors, particularly high school counselors are concerned, recognize that anybody with a normal human brain has enormous potential, and we need to be looking at how do we cultivate that potential? that helps us all in the long run, and never try to dumb someone down or lead them into a place where they're n
and i'm proud to say she is in her junior year at the university of texas and just completed 15 hours very successfully. my question to you is, what can you tell the counselors out there that are listening, the ones in high school counselors, the college counselors? what can you do, tell them to change their rationale, the way of thinking in treeing students, and i hope also to say that i hope we get to see you down here at the texas book fair. hopefully later on this year. it's an honor. thank...
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texas republican senator ted cruise cruz. what is he saying? >> he released his birth certificate in the story in the "dallas morning news" that was posted late sunday night that talk about an issue we have been looking at for awhile which is can he run for president and serve as president. he was born in canada to a u.s.-citizens mother and cuban mother. there's never been a president foreign born like that. legal experts generally agree he can probably serve as president. it remains somewhat uncertain whether or not that's the case. >> legal experts are claiming that he is a canada citizens. beyond acknowledging that news. what is he doing in response? >> well,, you know, i think this is a roleout for him. he's tick -- sticks his tow toe to the presidential process. he was in iowa and going to new hampshire for another event. those are two important state in the presidential process. i think it was an effort by his team to get the issue out of the way, and have this debate at the time when the heat of the campaign is not being waged when they
texas republican senator ted cruise cruz. what is he saying? >> he released his birth certificate in the story in the "dallas morning news" that was posted late sunday night that talk about an issue we have been looking at for awhile which is can he run for president and serve as president. he was born in canada to a u.s.-citizens mother and cuban mother. there's never been a president foreign born like that. legal experts generally agree he can probably serve as president. it...
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as i left texas, so things are happening. one, the voter id law was implemented within minutes of the supreme court declaring that section five was invalid. but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena whose mayor indicated before the unconstitutional ruling that he had a plan member districts which give access to many of the emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to at large, and now i can do because there's no permission that i need get. there are many things, stand your ground law, an article in the admin paper in oklahoma said that the bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. because i have a bill that wants to redo the stand your ground law. i believe we can engage. i believe that good people from all races, color, creed and background, i think this is a clarion call for dialogue but it is also a clarion call for action. and it is not a clarion call for resting or waiting for stepping back. and i'm delighted to be here with you, and i wi
as i left texas, so things are happening. one, the voter id law was implemented within minutes of the supreme court declaring that section five was invalid. but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena whose mayor indicated before the unconstitutional ruling that he had a plan member districts which give access to many of the emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to at large, and now i can do because there's no...
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do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking that you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping a photo of the. your conceptions of privacy changed based on where you're at. i also think if the people and somewhere you don't want to subject themselves to raises events so they can have a crime free utopian society, then it's their right to choose to do that. and if massachusetts wants and then unmanned system let them do it and then things will work themselves out. as an industry you can develop an south of the places that want to buy a product and the places i want to let their hikers died in the mountains, they will die in the mountains until it's time for them to realize maybe there legislation is a bit overprotective and then you start selling to them when they change there legislation. if you have a one size fits all privacy bill at the federal level, i don't think you will like the results especially when we take look at the types of bills that are working their way through the congress right now. the b
do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking that you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping a photo of the. your conceptions of privacy changed based on where you're at. i also think if the people and somewhere you don't want to subject themselves to raises events so they can have a crime free utopian society, then it's their right to choose to do that. and if massachusetts wants and then unmanned system let them do it and then things will work themselves out. as an industry...
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. >> host: eric and freeport texas. good morning you are on the washington journal. >> guest: everyday the rich zero leal executives sell 40 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to foreign countries. every day by over a million barrels of crude oil. we don't want to say a word about it. why is it you don't want to talk about energy experts? i think we should approve the pipeline as far as oklahoma so that it's easy to sell to americans and hard to sell to foreigners. we should ban the sale of gasoline be sold. thank you. >> guest: i personally think exports are a good and healthy for our economy. they create jobs, too tebeau i want to make sure that for the keystone pipeline perspective that the oil transported from canada to that pipeline does stay in the united states. the reality is that it goes to as many as six or seven refineries from kansas, oklahoma, texas to louisiana. there is no doubt the vast majority of not 100% of the gasoline will be distributed within the united states and not put on. but there have be
. >> host: eric and freeport texas. good morning you are on the washington journal. >> guest: everyday the rich zero leal executives sell 40 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to foreign countries. every day by over a million barrels of crude oil. we don't want to say a word about it. why is it you don't want to talk about energy experts? i think we should approve the pipeline as far as oklahoma so that it's easy to sell to americans and hard to sell to foreigners. we should ban...
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>> guest: well, rob paul left the congress, a doctor from texas. his son, rand paul, is a senator now. we tried to interview ron paul many times. we were not able to. but -- um, i -- you know, it's not one opinion. it is about looking at the different issues that he dealt with. on the issue of war, he was fiercely opposed to war, and i think you see that from right to left, you see why these lines are breaking down. where you have libertarians deeply concerned about war, certainly, ron paul was. the issues of his newsletters and the racism in the newsletters in his early years are of grave concern as well. and it just makes me think today there is no connection, just thinking of the last few weeks of our programming. one of the things we have been looking at are the terrible killings of the prison chiefs in colorado and then an ada in texas, and then a d.a. and his wife in texas. are there connections between these killings? and the concern of -- we don't know absolutely, though the colorado prison chief, it looks like the suspect died in texas, pa
>> guest: well, rob paul left the congress, a doctor from texas. his son, rand paul, is a senator now. we tried to interview ron paul many times. we were not able to. but -- um, i -- you know, it's not one opinion. it is about looking at the different issues that he dealt with. on the issue of war, he was fiercely opposed to war, and i think you see that from right to left, you see why these lines are breaking down. where you have libertarians deeply concerned about war, certainly, ron...
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they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are nationals. so the access to wheelchairs', walkers to more arrows in your district has drastically changed. walmart got a contract and have to bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that is going to happen, i don't. >> well, skepticism is a good thing. this gentleman right here. >> the sequestration. i think a lot of us are asking, we want more of this and more of that. i was proud to take a drive on a tinker air force base up until this year. all of a sudden, you're telling me my time is now worth -- whenever we are doing that there must be wrong because you're not
they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are...
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bush was the founder of texas. the halon affiliation and they were delighted that stuart bowen has developed such innovative and attractive materials to understand. i think it really is held that there's a lot of visual presentation of lessons and iraq and the very complicated story of funding what didn't work very well. and how we can do betterh next te. we have invited stuart bowen to meet his presentations first. we will then turn to jim schear, who has recently finished his second tour of the pentagon as an assistant secretary for responsibility for stability operations in his earlier career he was a research scholar at the national defense university, director of research there and worked throughout his career on these questions of stabilization and reconstruction including at the u.n. and some of its early post of war success stories in cambodia, the balkans and elsewhere. so how did stuart bowen ideas, what kind of responses were there more broadly in the pentagon and the interagency community and his own re
bush was the founder of texas. the halon affiliation and they were delighted that stuart bowen has developed such innovative and attractive materials to understand. i think it really is held that there's a lot of visual presentation of lessons and iraq and the very complicated story of funding what didn't work very well. and how we can do betterh next te. we have invited stuart bowen to meet his presentations first. we will then turn to jim schear, who has recently finished his second tour of...
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as the president, texas, austin, texas, she has pursued an impressive career in civic engagement and public service. she is an accomplished leader and successfully built, productive civic partnerships among the business community, all levels of government and civil society. seasoned spokesperson, organizer and philanthropist with lifelong multicultural experience and german language ability, miss wester in will bring essential skills to the task of furthering biheart ral relations with the government of austria, a key u.s. partner within the european union. i'm sure miss wester in will prove an distinguished, united states and when you feel comfortable begin. >> i like to offer my colleagues congratulations and good evening, senator. i'm honored to appear before you as president obama's nominee to be the united states ambassador to the republic of austria. i'm deeply greatful for the confidence and trust that president obama and secretary kerry have placed in me. i'm humbled by this opportunity and if confirmed i will proudly represent our country abroad. with the chairman's permissi
as the president, texas, austin, texas, she has pursued an impressive career in civic engagement and public service. she is an accomplished leader and successfully built, productive civic partnerships among the business community, all levels of government and civil society. seasoned spokesperson, organizer and philanthropist with lifelong multicultural experience and german language ability, miss wester in will bring essential skills to the task of furthering biheart ral relations with the...
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gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written without much participation. remember when, who was a? wilt chamberlain or charles barkley for some and was asked, was it pashtun was a berkeley? yeah, he was asked what's this doing in your biography? in the autobiography. he said i don't know, i haven't read it yet last night lori swanson, gloria swanson in these handwritten notes said that she tried during and after her affair with joe to figure out how to get out of catholic who went to confession and went to mass -- devout catholic, could cheat on his wife like this. and she said, and gloria wise, you know, had her own prejudices. didn't like
gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written...
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instead they just let him commit he said of texas prospectus testimony and then the agent retires with a fat pension to be a >> i feel good every time life allowed a tax form now. terrific. that's the thing about this. we were talking a little bit about this before we cannot hear how whitey bulger is one thing. it's what this says about the justice department. it's what this says about the fbi. >> he corrupt san at his worst to read schenectady you think it is down now? >> i think what will be interesting is whitey bulger went on for 16 years and he's finally caught living in a rent-controlled apartment in santa monica california two blocks from the beach where he been looking for 15 years and it's a crazy story how he is caught. it's actually a former neighbor who lives and, you know, a former ms. i slammed who lives in santa monica several months out of the year and she is back home watching a cnn report on the latest campaign to try to find whitey and she recognizes the wanted posters of him and his girlfriend and she knows them because kathy, his girlfriend by all accounts a lovely
instead they just let him commit he said of texas prospectus testimony and then the agent retires with a fat pension to be a >> i feel good every time life allowed a tax form now. terrific. that's the thing about this. we were talking a little bit about this before we cannot hear how whitey bulger is one thing. it's what this says about the justice department. it's what this says about the fbi. >> he corrupt san at his worst to read schenectady you think it is down now? >> i...
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the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon and how we in conjunction with our partners in the hospital preparedness program were able to get the community ready for that bombing and other such events. i could go along with c ante and influenza. but just examples that this isn't abstract. this is what is going on in your communities every day to make sure that you are protected from public health threats. this is to give you a reality of the situation of what happened to the public health funding within your state and local health departments over the last decade. and going off of your comment, i would like to have platinum lev
the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon...
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senator wendy davis will talk about the political climate in texas and her future plans. you can see her comments starting live at 1 eastern on c-span. and then live at 7:30 eastern, the new jersey democratic candidates debate. newark mayor cory booker faces hush holt and frank pallone as well as sheila oliver, and that'll start at 7:30 eastern, again on c-span. and all this week at 7 eastern here on c-span2, it's an encore q&a. tonight, nasa administrator charles bolden. he talks about his experiences as an astronaut and current duties working for the world's largest space agency. >> for me to say that the house has done something right. i'm teasing about that. the house, they're fine. but they've actually passed some of this, and i think that we ought to look at what they've done and, certainly, if we want to take a stab at doing our own thing in the senate, that's great, but we need to get moving on this in the senate, and this is a real threat, it's a real problem, and all of my colleagues who are on the intelligence committee -- i'm not, but they all lay awake at nig
senator wendy davis will talk about the political climate in texas and her future plans. you can see her comments starting live at 1 eastern on c-span. and then live at 7:30 eastern, the new jersey democratic candidates debate. newark mayor cory booker faces hush holt and frank pallone as well as sheila oliver, and that'll start at 7:30 eastern, again on c-span. and all this week at 7 eastern here on c-span2, it's an encore q&a. tonight, nasa administrator charles bolden. he talks about his...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, i ask unanimous consent when the senate receives h.r. 2009, the keep the i.r.s. off your health care act, the senate proceed to its consideration, that the bill be read a third time and passed without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: let me address the first consent that i offered which was objected to. last month, the administration announced it would delay obamacare's employer mandate on businesses. it's not hard to see why they wanted to do that. we keep reading about how businesses both large and small will have little option but to cut employee hours and paychecks as obamacare comes on line. about how restaurants like white castle, for example, are considering hiring only part-time workers movin
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, i ask unanimous consent when the senate receives h.r. 2009, the keep the i.r.s. off your health care act, the senate proceed to its consideration, that the bill be read a third time and passed without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mcconnell:...
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here in the state of texas, because i know you're very texas focused, it's about a one to $2 billion gain a year if you can move the rates it. so this is a big macroeconomic gain that essentially money that we're leaving on the floor spend you take have a 8.5 million that are the current naturalized having to make it 21-45 billion over what amount of time? >> it's over 10 years with most of that coming. one of the things you need to realize, and by the way, is there any people who just got naturalized, don't go ask for an 11% gain to more. you probably won't get a. what the data shows us is that gain has happened over time. >> what time? >> i to six years to really get the initial boost, and probably peaks at about eight to 10 years. so what we know is that what we do now with this, we will begin to get these games. this is an in crowd important thing that, you know, we have been working with immigrants. we need to do more to encourage naturalization. we need to be thinking what stand in wa in the way of people speeded we are coming back to that. ui the executive director of the nati
here in the state of texas, because i know you're very texas focused, it's about a one to $2 billion gain a year if you can move the rates it. so this is a big macroeconomic gain that essentially money that we're leaving on the floor spend you take have a 8.5 million that are the current naturalized having to make it 21-45 billion over what amount of time? >> it's over 10 years with most of that coming. one of the things you need to realize, and by the way, is there any people who just...
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we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do not just winning but winning that primary by 14 points in winning the general by 16 points. [applause] >> that was a testament to the grassroots. it was a testament to the power of men and women across the state with a passion to turn our country around. and i'll tell you, i don't think i have ever been a part of anything in my life that was more humbling and inspiring. tell you a true story from the campaign true. i was up in lubbock, texas, during the runoff. and an older gentleman came up to me, someone i didn't know, and he put his han
we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do...
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who came from texas and supposedly involved in murders down there. there were those kinds of mobsters designated by the press and law enforcement who became our founding fathers. these who were the fellows who gave the money to build the beautiful catholic churches we had and the synagogue. they were our philanthropists. they were responsible for shaping las vegas to a legitimate city. and they get member of the year award from the various civic organization and deserved it because they left whatever issue behind. there was another kind of mobster that people didn't know about. they were disclosed in the wiretap. these were fellow if you knew them, they were the most legitimate business vies -- guys in the world. they ran the casino. they were 100%. paid the taxes, the whole works. then we found out in listening to the tapes and seeing the going through the trial they weren't what they peered to be. they were hidden owners. working for hayden owners which was illegal of the casino. and, you know, they didn't hurt anybody. one thing i will say, in all
who came from texas and supposedly involved in murders down there. there were those kinds of mobsters designated by the press and law enforcement who became our founding fathers. these who were the fellows who gave the money to build the beautiful catholic churches we had and the synagogue. they were our philanthropists. they were responsible for shaping las vegas to a legitimate city. and they get member of the year award from the various civic organization and deserved it because they left...
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currently because of the act we cannot move an energy product from texas to the east coast so they are getting huge amounts of the natural gas and oil from a hostile areas. california also has geographical issues. so it is having a tough time getting energy from alaska or canada. so we need the policy for approving the pipelines particularly if they are in the same footprint as preexisting power or road easement. they shouldn't be tied up with environmental evaluations when the soil has already been affected by something like that. this is a national security issue and the middle east is about to blow up the are going to try to cut off our energy supplies and spike the oil price. >> host: do you think building the exfil pipeline will change our dependence significantly? >> caller: i think it will -- i think it will show a change of policy. currently the transportation bill that didn't get through the senate had sections that prohibited the this easing of environmental evaluation from other pipelines. i think the key thing to the pipeline approval is that it will show a change of the wi
currently because of the act we cannot move an energy product from texas to the east coast so they are getting huge amounts of the natural gas and oil from a hostile areas. california also has geographical issues. so it is having a tough time getting energy from alaska or canada. so we need the policy for approving the pipelines particularly if they are in the same footprint as preexisting power or road easement. they shouldn't be tied up with environmental evaluations when the soil has already...
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"roll probably a walk in the park.prob she started out covering the texas state legislature in austin. i'm sure moving to washington knead easier. stepping in for camille. thank you for that. next to jen is john stanton who has role call roots. after seven years there he joined buzzfeed. the bureau chief of buzz feed in washington. r' described him as a reporter'e reporter with i ink running ins hes vein. he's a former bouncer as well. at the end of the table is alex muller. three of our panelist have roll call root. he's currently design editor. itor, so us agraphic perspective. he has a background in graphic design and journalism. web design and production. is current career is making our legislators look at least interesting online and in print. i'm sure we envy him.least instn that's our panelists.re we a great group. we are happy to have them here. and again, i asked them not toe. kind any kind of presentation. mercifully none of them broughtg powerpoint. i thought we would throw out some questionses. jump in. panelists jump in with each other and talk about whatever panewant to
"roll probably a walk in the park.prob she started out covering the texas state legislature in austin. i'm sure moving to washington knead easier. stepping in for camille. thank you for that. next to jen is john stanton who has role call roots. after seven years there he joined buzzfeed. the bureau chief of buzz feed in washington. r' described him as a reporter'e reporter with i ink running ins hes vein. he's a former bouncer as well. at the end of the table is alex muller. three of our...
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texas senator delivering the keynote at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. the senator has reportedly considered a presidential run and will be introduced by new hampshire senator. then live friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> over at the white house president obama has no public events today. he prepares for a 2-day bus trip through upstate new york and pennsylvania beginning tomorrow. the president will talk about ideas to help make college education more affordable for the middle-class. scheduled stops at the state university of new york and buffalo and the haskell in syracuse. on friday, the president participates in that town hall style events. the stop at a college in scranton, pennsylvania. you can check our website, c-span.org, for more information on coverage *. as we approach the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and martin luther king jr. i have a dream speech, hosting a discussion this afternoon on civil rights economic inequality and the relevance of dr. king's vision today live at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. and ton
texas senator delivering the keynote at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. the senator has reportedly considered a presidential run and will be introduced by new hampshire senator. then live friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> over at the white house president obama has no public events today. he prepares for a 2-day bus trip through upstate new york and pennsylvania beginning tomorrow. the president will talk about ideas to help make college...
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kentucky, utah, texas. generally the most conservative senators are from conservative states and the most conservative congress -- congressman are from rural districts. realistically the republican party will be senators from purple states and congressman from suburban districts that are elected in a limited government candid it. typically in these more urban or suburban districts, purple states, you won't have a conservative candid it's winning primaries. how realistic is that to expect a party to truly be taken over by more limited government candid it's? >> sure. that definitely is a major challenge because we have seen really since the rise of the conservative movement with the founding of the national review in 1955 and some events before, we have really only had two movement conservatives nominated for president by the republican party with mary goldwater in 1964 went on to lose and then ronald reagan who went to terms. george w. bush, i have a lot of criticisms of him in my book, was summoned it was
kentucky, utah, texas. generally the most conservative senators are from conservative states and the most conservative congress -- congressman are from rural districts. realistically the republican party will be senators from purple states and congressman from suburban districts that are elected in a limited government candid it. typically in these more urban or suburban districts, purple states, you won't have a conservative candid it's winning primaries. how realistic is that to expect a...
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but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's a lot of kids from other countries, you better have a good bilingual program, a rich bilingual program that pays attention to language fluency and how they do in academic subjects. today it's bilingual, tomorrow english only, that happens in so many districts, especially in california. there's esl classes, day one. here kids transition slowly. this school district knows what educators know. that is it's really important to get a grounding in your home language before learning the second language. really important to hold on to that home language because being bilingual in the society is a huge adva
but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's...
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suddenly texas, arkansas louisiana is cut away. you can't get there anymore. so all their supplies, all the food and all the manpower is coming from the mississippi through the confederacy coming eastbound. it doesn't happen anymore. they can't cross the river. big union controls the river. the other thing is vicksburg is a rail hub. the railroad coming from the east stops at the river in vicksburg and from there it points west -- from points west that stops. now the union army controls the railroad and they cut it off. you can't underestimate the power of rivers and roberts during the civil war. they didn't have interstate highways. they didn't have trucks. these rivers and railroads and the union army by capturing vicksburg stops all of that and the whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wide open for the union army to use and the union navy to use to transport material meant food equipment, so whatever they need and to the south trade it very definitely is the beginning to the end for the confederacy and a lot of p
suddenly texas, arkansas louisiana is cut away. you can't get there anymore. so all their supplies, all the food and all the manpower is coming from the mississippi through the confederacy coming eastbound. it doesn't happen anymore. they can't cross the river. big union controls the river. the other thing is vicksburg is a rail hub. the railroad coming from the east stops at the river in vicksburg and from there it points west -- from points west that stops. now the union army controls the...
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not to forget the court this past term also decided an affirmative action case from the university of texas, in which affirmative action survived by a hair. i am persuaded that by that the decision the supreme court is setting up the law to strike down racial diversity as a compelling justification for race conscious affirmative action programs. but taken together i think we can say three things about each of those events or images, each of which offers us an approach on to the state of black politics in the united states today. about that supreme court decision in his opinion for the court, the chief justice, justice roberts says it's something that i do not think could have been set 50 years ago and would not have been set 50 years ago by a member of the u.s. supreme court. there is a moment in the opinion in which he frankly admits that racial discrimination in american life, particularly here in the voting excess and goes on to say no one denies that. yet by the end of the opinion, what he has given us is a legal judgment, the reading of the constitution, which effectively says racial d
not to forget the court this past term also decided an affirmative action case from the university of texas, in which affirmative action survived by a hair. i am persuaded that by that the decision the supreme court is setting up the law to strike down racial diversity as a compelling justification for race conscious affirmative action programs. but taken together i think we can say three things about each of those events or images, each of which offers us an approach on to the state of black...
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the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on the rest of the ways that privacy may be implicated. >> understood. ben? >> just to give a little bit of historical context for the audience, so really a lot of these issues running privacy and unmanned aircraft started about a year or so ago, after congress passed the faa authorization bill, which had been stalled for a number of years. and when congress finally passed not go there was a section in therefore calling for the faa to write this a few rules to allow unmanned aircraft to fly in national airspace. that language
the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on...